Dive Number: 10 05/03/2010 9.38 Cottage by the Sea, Queenscliffe
Wind: 10-15knot northerlies
Tide: 0.09 low tide at heads
Conditions: Nice flat conditions, a bit overcast but clearing sunny patches.
Bottom Type: Reef and Rock legdes over sand.
Visibilty: 5-8m
Water Temp: 20c
Bottom Time: 126 minutes
Max Depth: 7m
Air usage: 165bar/2500psi
SAC: 9.3 litres/min
Details: I thought i’d check out the westerly section again now i had the 17-40mm on for a bit of extra reach for shy fish. There were a few blue devils around, including two together(maybe an adult and a juvenile), together with a few shy roughies deep under a legde and two weedy seadragons. Overall i wasn’t happy with the 17-40mm…i just wasn’t getting sharp images. I’m not sure if this is an issue with the body on the dome i’m using on.
Camera Details: Canon 17-40mm fisheye, single SS200 strobe.
Dive Report: More beautiful Blue devils on this dive, this time a pair together. One having more pronounced purple spots than any of the other fish i’ve seen before.
Bulleyes galore under every rock legde at cottage:
A Yellow-striped Leatherjacket seemed a bit out of place under the rock legdes with the Bullseyes.
A magpie perch was doing a bit of sand bathing out in the seagrass beds.
Some standard Old wives shots:
A Senator Wrasse and Victorian Scalyfin both playing in the sunlit seagrass beds. It looked really lush today..better than most victorian lawns : )
A younger, more colourful Scalyfin sticking to the edges of the rocklegde:
This wrasse was close by nestling into the seagrass and looking pretty happy doing it:
I saw two Weedy Seadragons on this dive..always great to see..but just couldn’t nail the focus with the 17-40mm despite a very cooperative seadragon.
I love the green beaded vegetation in this shot.
